A Distortion and a “Disservice”?: Stem Cell Research and the Words of President Bush |
| Published: January 29, 2008, 10:40 pm |
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President Bush's view on the use of embryos for stem cell research is well known including his limiting of federal funding for research using stem cells other than those already created at the time of his 2001 decision. At that time, it was accepted in the scientific community that the lines available were limiting for research and may have been unacceptably contaminated. It appeared that Bush's decision represented the imposition on the American public of a moral and an obviously political decision rather than one based on science. However, Bush's order stuck and attempts were started by states to fund their own stem cell research beyond those initial lines. A successful attempt occurred in California when the state's voters approved a 3 billion dollar funding program for stem cell research. The funding organization known as The California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) provides the following history: CIRM was established in 2004 with the passage of Proposition [ Full article ] |
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